shopping mall
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shopping mall
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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He has meanwhile launched another series on YouTube, "The Oldest View", which follows the exploration of an abandoned subterranean shopping mall.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
Today, Kuwait boasts the world’s second-largest shopping mall and plenty of luxury outlets, but it lacks Dubai’s futuristic feel.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Set in a Dallas shopping mall, “Forbidden Fruits” revolves around an elite clique of retail employees who run a witches’ coven out of the basement of their boho boutique Free Eden.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
How Taylor Swift saved a dying shopping mall.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026
But the characteristics were the same, as indistinguishable as one white suburban shopping mall from another.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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